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C. 擦边球 edge ball, touch ball 擦网球 net ball 采取高姿态 show magnanimity 采取市场多元化战略 adopt the strategy of a multi-outlet market “菜篮子”工程 the "shopping basket' project (program) 参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs 沧海桑田 Seas change into mulberry fields and mulberry fields change into seas--time brings great changes to the world. What was once the sea has now changed into mulberry fields--the world is changing all the time. 仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket 草根工业 grass root industry (refers to village and township enterprises which take root among farmers and grow like wold grass) 层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting 差额投票 differential voting 差额选举 competitive election 茶道 sado 查房 make/go the rounds of the wards 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition 搀水股票 water-down stocks (ordinary stocks that can be bought by persons inside a stock company or a business at a cost lower that their face value) 禅 dhyana 产粮大省 granary province 产量比1997年增加了2倍 the output has increased 3 times (registered a 3-fold increase; increased 200%)compared with 1997产品结构 product mix 产权明晰、权责明确、政企分开、科学管理 clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management 产权制度、产权关系 property relations; property order 产销直接挂钩 directly link production with marketing 产业的升级换代 upgrading of industies 产业结构升级 upgrading of an industrial structure 长二捆 LM-2E 长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta 长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe 长线产品 product in excessive supply 厂长经理负责制 the factory director (manager) responsibility system 畅通工程 "Smooth Traffic Project" 畅销产品 marketable products; products with good market ;commodities in short supply ; goods in great demand. 唱高调 mouth high-sounding words 超高速巨型计算机 giant ultra-high-speed computer 超前消费 overconsuming,excessive consumption 彻头彻尾的反动政治势力 an out and out reactionary political force 城市规划 city's landscaping plan; urban planning 城市中年雅皮士 muppie (一批中年专业人士,附庸风雅,矫揉造作cutesification,崇尚竟品至上boutiqueification,攀比银行存款bankification等摆阔作风,由middle-aged urban yuppie缩合而成) 城乡信用社 credit corroborative in both urban and rural areas 吃大锅饭 egalitarian practice of "everybody eating from the same big pot" 吃皇粮 receive salaries, subsidies, or other supported from the government 重复建设 building redundant project; duplication of similar projects 抽杀成功 hit through 筹备委员会 preparatory committee 出风头 show off;in the limelight 出口创汇能力 capacity to earn foreign exchange through exports 出口加工区 export processing zones 出口退税制度 the system of refunding taxes on exported goods; export (tax) rebate 出口退税 refunding export taxes 出口转内销 domestic sales of commodities orginally produced for exports 出家 pravrajana; cloister 传销 multi level marketing 窗口行业 various service trades 创建卫生城市 build a nationally advanced clean city 创汇产品 foreign exchange (hard-currency) earning experts 创业园 high-tech business incubator; pioneer park 吹风会 (advanced) briefing 春蕾计划 Spring Buds Program 春运 (passenger) transport during the Spring Festival 《春秋》 Spring and Autumn Annals 磁悬浮列车 Maglev train (magnetically levitated train), magnetic suspension train 刺激内需 stimulate domestic demand 辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence. 从粗放经济转变为集约经济 shift from extensive economy to intensive economy 粗放式管理 extensive management 促进全球经济一体化 foster integration with the global economy 促进富余人员合理流动 promote a rational flow of surplus personnel 促进住房商品化 promote the commercialization of housing 存款保证金 guaranty money for deposits D. 达到或接近国际先进水平 reach or approach advanced international standards 打破地区封锁和行业垄断 break regional blockades and trade monopolies "达标"活动 "target hitting" activities 打白条 issue IOU 打黑 crack down on speculation and profiteering 打假 crack down on counterfeit goods 打破僵局 break the deadlock 打顺手 find one's touch, get into gear, settle into a groove 大包干 all-round responsibility system; lump-sum appropriations operation 大轰动 blockbuster 大力扣杀 hammer 大路货 staple goods 大满贯 grand slam 大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 大款 tycoon 大排挡 sidewalk snack booth; large stall 大事化小,小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 大胜 white wash 大腕 top notch 大卫教 Branch Davidian 大型电视系列片,长篇电视连续剧 maxi-series 大学生创业 university students' innovative undertaking 大要案 major and serious criminal cases 大专生 junior college student 大专文凭 associate degree 大藏经 Tripitaka 呆帐与坏帐 stagnant debts and bad debts ;non performing funds 带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits 待岗 await job assignment, post-waiting 待业 job-waiting 代职 function in an acting capacity 单循环制 single round-robin system 当日指数已1120点收盘 the index closed finished ended at 120 on that day 党群关系 Party-masses relationship 党政机关 Party and government organizations 道琼斯工业平均指数飙升至9580点 the Dow Jones industrial index average soared to 9580 points 捣浆糊 give the runaround 盗版VCD pirated VCD 盗打(电话) free call on somebody else's expense through illegal means 盗用公款 embezzlement 单刀赴会 start a solo run 倒票 speculative reselling of tickets 倒爷 profiteer 倒计时 countdown 等外品 off-grade goods, rejects 邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaoping's diplomatic thoughts 低调 low keyed (a metaphor for taking a cautious and slow approach) 第三产业 third/tertiary industry, service sector, third sequence of enterprises 第四产业 quaternary/information industry 第一/第二/第三产业 the primary/secondary/tertiary industry (the service sector) 第三代移动电话(3G手机) third generation mobile; 3G mobile 第一发球权 first inning 第一发球员 first server 第一双打 first pair 地方保护主义 regional protectionism 地方财政包干制 system whereby local authorities take full responsibility for their finances 地球村 global village 地区差异 regional disparity 地热资源 geothermal resources 地市级城市 prefecture-level city 点子公司 consultancy company 电话号码升位 upgrade telephone number 电话会议 teleconference 电视直销 TV home shopping 电子商务认证 e-business certification 吊球 drop shot 吊销执照 revoke license 钉子户 person or household who refuses to move and bargains for unreasonably high compensation when the land is requisitioned for a construction project 定向培训 training for specific posts “豆腐渣”工程a jerry-built project 毒枭 drug trafficker 毒品走私 drug trafficking 国企 (state-owned, state) enterprises 独立核算工业企业 independent accounting unit(enterprise) "渡假外交" holiday-making diplomacy 短期债务 floating debt 断交信 Dear John letter (from woman to man) 对大中型国营企业进行公司制改革 to corporatize large and medium-sized State-owned 对...毫无顾忌 make no bones about ... 对冲基金 hedge fund 对外招商 attract foreign investment 队长袖标(足球) skipper's armband 多党合作制 multi-party co-operation in exercising State power 多任务小卫星 small multi-mission satellite (SMMS) 夺冠 take the crown
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